Marriage Contract. Manuscript in Hebrew composed in Persian cursive script on paper uniting the bridegroom Chaim ben Yehudah with the bride Miriam.

AUCTION 59 |
Thursday, June 20th,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Ceremonial Objects and Works of Art
Lot 172
(KETHUBAH).
Marriage Contract. Manuscript in Hebrew composed in Persian cursive script on paper uniting the bridegroom Chaim ben Yehudah with the bride Miriam.
Hamadan (Persia), 28th Shevat, 1861:
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Recorded in the biblical Book of Ezra, Hamadan, located in North-western Iran, has had a pre-modern Jewish settlement since the 10th-century. The city is also believed to be the traditional site of the tomb of Mordechai and Esther.